Improved clothes-wringer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVED CLOTH ES-WRlNGER.

Speciieai ion forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,63l,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. F. SAUNDERS, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of illassaehusettshave invented certai n Improvements in Clothes-Wringing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine; Fig. 2, a vertical section through one oi the posts or standards of the machine.

` A A are the standards of the machne,which are clamped to atub or other vessel. The lower roll, B, to the sha-It of which is attached the crank C, has its bearings in these two standards. The upper roll, D. rests on the lower one, and the ends of its shaft are free to rise and fall in vertical grooves c in the standards A A. These standards are braced by a rod, b, and a brace, E, and are out away at a at the upper end, and ablock, F, of the form shown in Fig. 2,is hinged atdto the edge of the standard. forming ajaw. A projecting piece or tongue,

e, of this block bears on the shaft of the roll D, and as this roll rises from thelower one by any article of clothes being passed between the rolls the jaw is forced open. This is resisted and pressure is applied to the roll D in the following simple and convenient manner:

Athumb-screw, G, passes through the brace E and screws into the middle of a Wooden spring, H, each end of which bears against one of the jaw-pieces F near its top, so that as the dated .lune 17, 1862.

screw G is turned, more or less pressure of the, spring may be applied to press the roll D to- Ward the roll l. 'lo prevent the ends ot' the spring H from slipping up or down,pins f on the ends of the spring llt in recesses in tliejawpieces F, and small blocks of rubber g may be placed in these recesses beneath the pins to add to the effect oi' the spring ll and to permit rather more motion to the jaw-pieces F. NVlzen it is desired to remove the upper roll, D, to clean the bearings and the machine, the screw G may be turned out from the spring H, when the jaws F can, be throw n open and the roll be removed.

The above-described eiothesfwringing machine is cheap and sim plc in its construction and works well in practice. The spring H permits a considerable vertical movement of the ij'oll D, and one end of this roll may be forced np higher than the other by the article being passed through the machine without interl'erA ing with the action of the spring.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rlhe above-described clotheswringing machine, eonsisting, essentially, ofthe rolls D, the standards A A', with their movable jaws F, the spring H, and regulating-screw G, arranged and operating substantially as described.

A. F. SAUNDERS.

Witnesses:

Tiros. R. Roten, EDMUND MAssoN. 

